Photo GPS Extract (shortly PGE) is a small utility to visualize the GPS coordinates of a JPG photo on a map. This allows you to determine where a certain picture was taken.
More and more modern digital cameras have a built-in GPS module. They record the latitude, longitude and elevation at the time a photo is taken. Don't worry if your camera doesn't come with a GPS receiver: you can add the GPS coordinates yourself afterwards. The GPS information is stored inside the JPG photo. This information is not very useful without a tool to visualize it: this is why I designed Photo GPS Extract.
PGE uses the Google Maps to show the coordinates of a photo. This means the application requires an active Internet connection: you can't use PGE offline.
There are several possibilities to locate a photo in Photo GPS Extract:
Once a photo is loaded, the Google Map will be displayed. A marker points to the location where the picture was taken. The screen also shows some additional information: